Comte Lafon, Montrachet 2004

The Montrachet 2004 from Lafon is a tribute to the qualities of the 2004 vintage in white Burgundy. The bouquet is very complex with deep yellow fruit, almonds, white flowers – spiced with a citrus infused minerality. It’s expressive but still very refined and even somewhat understated. On the palate it offers intense fruit flavors with very significant weight and density. The fruit is powerful but still juicy with a intense nerve and energy from the lovely 2004 acidity and the multible layers of filigree minerality from the Montrachet terroir. The linear acidity and the intense minerality focuses the wine throughout the very long and precise finish. A truly extraordinary wine with stunning complexity, poise and power..

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